Explanation
Background:
Columbus Next Generation Corporation is a non-profit real estate development group that focuses on maintaining public and private partnerships to aid in creating viable land development opportunities in underserved communities in Columbus.
Ours Brothers Keepers is a local non-profit that offers transitional housing, a drop-in center, GED tutoring services, mental health counseling, and educational and job-skills training workshops to underserved youth in the Krum Park neighborhood and surrounding communities.
Columbus Next Generation Corporation has partnered with Ours Brothers Keepers to rehabilitate the building owned by Ours Brothers Keepers at 2918 E. Fifth Avenue to create transitional housing units for low-income households.
Ordinance 3360-2022 authorized the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to appropriate and expend $420,000.00 of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding through the Columbus Next Generation Corporation Transitional Housing Rehabilitation subrecipient grant agreement.
This ordinance is needed to authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to modify the aforementioned subrecipient grant agreement to extend the time period of the agreement due to project delays.
Fiscal Impact: There is no additional funding required for this extension.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to modify the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) subrecipient grant agreement for Columbus Next Generation Corporation in the amount of $420,000.00 in order to extend the period of the agreement through March 31, 2025. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the City supports Columbus Next Generation Corporation’s mission to transform communities into vibrant and productive places desired by both residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS, the City supports Ours Brothers Keepers’ mission to uplift, motivate, and educate underserved youth; and
WHEREAS, through Ordinance 3360-2022, Council authorized the Director of Finance and Management to appropriate and expend $420,000.00 in CDBG funds and enter into a subrecipient agreement with Columbus Next Generation Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the term of the Subrecipient Agreement with Columbus Next Generation Corporation provided a time period commencing January 1, 2023, and ending July 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to modify this Subrecipient Agreement to extend the period of performance through March 31, 2025, due to unforeseen project delays; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to modify this Subrecipient Agreement's budget, no additional funding is required; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Finance and Management is hereby authorized to modify the Columbus Next Generation Corporation Subrecipient Agreement's budget and to extend the time period of the agreement from July 31, 2024 to March 31, 2025.
SECTION 2. That this modification is in accordance with relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.